Original vintage advertising matchbook from Cobbs Gulf Service, located at 5500 Washington Boulevard in Elkridge, Maryland.
The front cover features the colorful mid-century pin-up illustration titled Showing Form, a golf-themed pin-up commonly used in postwar American advertising.
This matchbook advertises a full-service Gulf station offering tires, tubes, and batteries. The ELKRIDGE 375 telephone exchange reflects small-town and suburban phone systems of the late 1940s to early 1950s.
Produced by Maryland Match Company of Baltimore.
This is an original vintage matchbook, not a reproduction.
Details:
Location: Elkridge, Maryland
Business type: Gas station and service advertising
Era: circa 1940s1950s
Artwork: Pin-up illustration titled Showing Form
- Size:
- Standard
